Sound Off for Nov. 4, 2012

So, Wendy Traub claims she made the Palin-esque decision to resign from the Board of Finance because "the election is important." But Wendy, I haven't seen you at my door nor have any of my neighbors. If this election was important why haven't you been out here? I think the real reason is that the Board had a tough vote on taxes and you wanted to dodge that responsibility. Do we really want someone in Hartford that resigns whenever a hard decision needs to be made?

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. This is what Obama is asking for, more of the same. Are you as insane as he is?

When are they going to start changing the paper over to larger print. They said two weeks, it's been two weeks. Put the paper back to the way it was so people can see it.

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Why are Mitt Romney and the GOP afraid of: 1. Good health care for All Americans. 2. Peace with Iran not to mention Iraq and Afghanistan. 3. Women controlling their own bodies? 4. The rich paying a higher tax rate during a national emergency? 5. getting along with our European allies? Why?

Barack Obama has abandoned the eastern U.S. and all the destruction, death and misery for his own selfish concerns as he heads off to campaign, raise funds and meet with Jay-Z. Again Obama proves that his only concern is No. 1 and getting re-elected and millions of storm victims are on their own.

Now that winter is upon us, street departments all over the state are going to start spreading that salt solution again on the roads. I wonder if our street department in Torrington has seen the East Albert Street bridge when they come up to Arthur Street? There is a lot of rust in the center of the bridge, where the joints are and the bolts. I went under an over pass the other day on Route 8. I think it was Kennedy Drive and I saw rust on the beams also, I think the salt solution is really deteriorating our bridges as well as our cars. I think someone should look into this. We drive our families over these bridges as well as ourselves. You do not want to put your loved ones in danger. I urge people to make a deal out of this. Our bridges are rusting.

Obama's claim that he saved the U.S. auto industry is just a bold faced prevarication. Ford never took a government loan and Fiat of Italy bought a large part of Chrysler to keep them afloat. New reports indicate that Fiat is moving the Jeep Division to China. Obama took away millions from private equity companies and retired pensioners and gave it to the GM unions.